Summary and Key Points: The Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier Shinano was an ill-fated warship, originally intended as a battleship but converted into an aircraft carrier during World War II.

Summary and Key Points: The IJN Shinano, initially a battleship converted to an aircraft carrier, was sunk by the USS Archerfish on its maiden voyage in 1944. Despite being a massive and powerful ...

Shinano would be fitted out as a 68,000-ton aircraft carrier similar in construction to the smaller Taiho. The carrier would have a hangar and carry four dozen fighters for self-defense.

Soon, crew members confirmed the target was an aircraft carrier — one larger than they had ever seen before. The Archerfish gave chase to the Shinano on the night of November 28, 1944, but since ...

Aircraft carriers were a centerpiece in Germany's pre-war naval rearmament ... When it was finally launched as a carrier on October 4, 1944, Shinano was 872 feet long and displaced over 70,000 ...

The Shinano was no ordinary aircraft carrier. It was originally constructed as a “superbattleship” along with two other Japanese vessels, the Yamato and Musashi.

Shinano would be fitted out as a 68,000-ton aircraft carrier similar in construction to the smaller Taiho. The carrier would have a hangar and carry four dozen fighters for self-defense.